Royal Oak 21662

Talbot County, MD · 422 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

17affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
50.4%
severe
Days on market
32
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
of active
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45
/100
mixed
warming · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

72/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 40.5% correction for affordability
DOM: 36d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)40
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40

Moderate buyer leverage in 21662. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 50.4% of median income. A 31% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 36. Renting is approximately 314% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 49.7).

What to Offer

Offer 5-10% below list. You have room to negotiate.

Conditions resemble 2019 pre-pandemic levels — moderate overvaluation with slowing demand. Negotiation room exists.
WARMINGBALANCED

Market is warming with rising prices. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$1,106,750
▴ 3.0% YoY
Days on market
32
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,856
ZORI
Investor score
31/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
9
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$0
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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vs county comps
+41.6%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Talbot+41.6%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$312
Price-to-income8.3×

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How 21662 ranks in MD
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Affordability, supply & momentum

25SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply100.0 mo
Days on Market32d
Inv vs History+31.5%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply100
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,856
Price-to-rent49.7
Est. cap rate1.3%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score5
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Talbot County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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